I visit your profile often, partially for your art and creativity and partially for nostalgia reasons. You were my favorite artist on hatena and I was thrilled to find your deviant art after wondering what had happened to you for so long, (although your extended inactivity here has lead me to start wondering again). Truth be told, you are one of my favorite artist, and a major inspiration to me. I remember when I was in middle school and I had nearly all your flipnotes saved on an SD card, because they made me happy, and smile at a time I didn't do much smiling. It... it helped it really did... heh, this all probably sounds incredibly cheesy and dumb... but it's all true... tbh, I was gonna wait a few days to type anything but I don't wanna wait... so uhm, Happy early Birthday Near, your art really has helped me a lot.